Bahamas Eez
Exclusive economic zone eez the unclos part v defines the eez as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal state has.
Bahamas eez. Currently the bahamas ony enforces a 12 mile off the bank limit for recreational fisheries. The vast majority of the fishing vessels employed are dinghies measuring 17 to 20 feet in length with very few large vessels over 20 feet. The baselines from which the eez shall be measured.
128 for texts of 1993 and 2008 laws u s. Sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting conserving and managing the natural resources whether living or non living of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the. Go to state department lis page and click on lis no.
Courtesy of wildoutdoor media. In colloquial usage the term may include the. It stretches from the baseline out to 200 nautical miles nmi from its coast.
Virgin islands the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands and any other territory or possession over which the united states. An exclusive economic zone eez is a sea zone prescribed by the 1982 united nations convention on the law of the sea over which a sovereign state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources including energy production from water and wind. The northern limits affect our pll fisheries but the line between dade broward palm beach could create an eez that would make it illegal to fish more than half way across from our coast.
Its vibrant waters support one of the world s major spiny lobster fisheries as well as the most important remaining caribbean queen conch and nassau grouper fisheries which collectively generate over 63. As a result of the eez over 9 000 local fisherman work in the industry. Bahamas exclusive economic zone flanders marine institute 2019.
The bahamas eez covers 654 719 km 2 with a continental shelf area of 116 550 km 2. Exclusive economic zone eez extends no more than 200 nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline and is adjacent to the 12 nautical mile territorial sea of the u s including the commonwealth of puerto rico guam american samoa the u s. Maritime boundaries and exclusive economic zones 200nm version 11.
The bahamas encompass 700 islands and 2 400 cays. From the northernmost tip at west end to the southernmost community of matthew town the island nation covers 1 101 miles. The bahamas rank as one of the world s top vacation tourism and fishing destinations.
Bahamas is also constrained by the limited availability of data and information for management and development of capture fisheries commercial and recreational. Eez exclusive economic zone fao food and agriculture organization fismis fisheries management information system fstl food safety technology laboratories. The bahamas created the first shark sanctuary in the atlantic ocean in 2011.
